The streets where I live

There was the most amazing sunset a couple of days ago. I saw it through my windows as I was driving home from work and as soon as I got home, I grabbed the camera and raced out to take some pictures...but, of course, it was all over. The sky was still beautiful, though, so I took a wander around the neighbouring streets and took these pictures. Here's what they are, from the top:

• This is my favourite spot at the moment. I discovered it on a walk a few weeks ago - it's a vacant block down a laneway not far from our house. There are these enormous cacti at one end of the block, and around them a huge pile of junk - old tyres, abandoned furniture, broken bits and pieces. Then in the middle of the block is what's left of what looks like an outhouse (you can see it on the right in the photo). It's fantastic that that's the only structure left on the block.
• This is a church at the top of the hill on Shakespeare Street, right around the corner from our street, Austen Lane - all the streets around us have author's names, which I really like.
  
• I love this house. You can't tell much from the picture but it's so pretty and has a beautiful, rambling garden. Hopefully this is where I'll live some day!
• A cherry blossom tree in our street - so beautiful!
• The last glimpses of that magnificent sunset.

We live in Leederville, which is actually a really small suburb, especially the residential part, which can get frustrating when you go for a walk and keep hitting major roads every way you go! Still, I love our little burb, especially all the laneways, which are everywhere you turn (we live in one!) and the vacant blocks, which seem to always be plentiful, especially at the moment - there are three in our lane! I don't know what it is about a vacant block I love, but there's something about nature running wild in the midst of suburbia that gets me excited. A few years ago I stumbled across a vacant block a few streets away, which was completely filled with poppies - it was the most magical sight. I didn't find anything like that this time, but there were still some pretty sights to be seen.